1. if you celebrate, do you put up lights outside your home/apartment? if you don't celebrate, do you like seeing christmas lights or not? I just moved here and I am going back to my family on the mainland soon. I don't have any decorations up yet, since I just have to take them down again. But I like seeing other people's Christmas lights.
2. do you send holiday cards out? if not, do you usually get holiday cards? No. I send out summer vacation letters, since as a teacher that is when I have lashings of time to do things like write, address, and send many, many cards. I do get holiday cards, though. And summer vacation cards from others who have adopted the idea.
3. if you get holiday cards, do you display them ... or are you scroogey and give them a charitable glance and then trash them? I don't get that many. If I ever do start getting more, I'll display them. My godparents staple them to long fabric ribbons so that they are all pretty and take up wall space. I like that look....Godmother is so cool.
4. oh, those holiday movies ... my favourite holiday flick is 'a christmas carol.' i make a list of the days/times/channels that each version comes on so that i won't miss one (my favourite version is the 1984 george c. scott ... i miss him!). my second favourite is 'rudolph.' do you have a favourite holiday flick? frosty? the grinch? or do you just not get into holiday movies? I like Muppets' Christmas Carol. And A Christmas Story. That's about all.
5. i'm in florida, and if i want to see snow, i generally have to drive about 10 hours north to see anything exciting. tell us about your holiday weather around the end of december. will you have a white christmas/hanukkah/kwanzaa this year? I will when I go back to the mainland. Though I did have a snowball fight in the parking lot about a week ago...there was snow up on Mauna Kea, and someone went up in their truck and brought back a bedful. It was about 75 degrees and a snowball fight was great and invigorating, instead of cold and torturous as they usually are.
6. my daughter's favourite holiday song goes: 'christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! please put a penny in the old man's hat. if you haven't got a penny, a halfpenny will do. if you haven't got a halfpenny, then God bless you!' my favourite is 'gabriel's message' by sting. do you have any traditional/non-traditional holiday songs that are your favourite? I like the Amy Grant song "Breath of Heaven." It's so pretty and one of the best, I think. The traditional ones I like are "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" and Joy to the World.
7. my eldest child hates the holiday song, "God rest ye, merry gentlemen." i can't stand "away in a manger." is there a holiday song that makes your ears bleed when you hear it? "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear." Just annoying!
8. children are getting out of school. people are taking time off of work. hanukkah and christmas are just a few days apart this year. what are YOUR plans for the holiday season this year? anything exciting? I am going back to the mainland for a vacation...back to Colorado and my family. I am leaving in...let's see...in 99 hours. Yes, that is exciting. I've been excited for a while.
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